Improvement in churns



@anni gnam gamut @Mine MAHLON B. ATKINSON, OF GEORGETOWN, DIS'ISRIOT OF COLUMBIA.

Letters-Patent No. 101,810, dated April 12, ISIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern:

.central vertical section of my invention.

Figure 2 is top view of the same.

My invention consists in certain improvements in churns, by which it is intended to add efficiency to such machines, and promote economy and dispatch in the manufacture of butter.

A of the drawings represents a circular tub of galvanized iron, having a removable cover, B.

Gis a standard arranged to rotate upon the gudgcon-pin a, which lits in a suit-able socket in the bottom of the tub.

D represents a series of bent arms firmly attached to the standard, and which rotates therewith.

. E represents a series 'of' six or more upright post-s or standards, arranged as shown in the inner' side of` the tub,'in a triangular or form..

Adjoining the flanches' of the cover is a circular wall or lanch, c, which extends downward about two inches more or less from the top of the tub, and thereby forming a circular chamber, G, which extends entirely around the interior of' the tub'.

H represents a circular plate or disc, the bottom of which is constructed of wire cloth, and which has a circular rim, n, extending upward about one inch, more or less. i

lo operate my churn, I attach the ordinary beveled gearing to the top of the sha-ft C, and operate the same by a crank in thc usual manner..

As the buckets or arms D move around, the uid is forced upward into the chamber Gr, from whence it falls upon the disc H, which in turn aids in agitating such fluid, and which, when the butter is extractedv from the fluid, gathers and holds it until it is ready for removal. i

It will be observed that the disc H sits loosely upon the arms D. It will, therefore, rotate with said arms, or remain comparatively stationary thereon, according to the state of the fluid as to density, or the load of butter it sustains.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

lhe churn herein described., having in combination the dashcr D, sieve H, side-beaters E, and downward guide or tlan'ch c, when constructed and arranged to operate as and for thc purposes specified.

In testimony' that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence of two witnesses.

MAHLON B. ATKINSON.

Witnesses:

E. W. ANDERSON, D. D. KANE.' 

